LAGOS APRIL 28TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Boko Haram fighters in northeastern Nigeria attacked and overran an army outpost, stealing weapons before fleeing. Gunmen from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), the ISIL-linked faction of Boko Haram, attacked the base in Borno state late on Friday, two military sources said on Saturday. The fighters, driving more than a…
LAGOS FEBRUARY 7TH (NEWSRANGERS)-Ahead of the forthcoming general elections, the Federal Operations Unit, Zone ‘A,’ Nigeria Customs Service, said it intercepted bales of uniforms, tear gas canisters and other paraphernalia of the Nigeria Police Force. The command revealed that the uniforms that were intercepted along Lagos road were concealed in a Toyota Sienna space bus…
By Amos Odeh LAGOS SEPTEMBER 20TH (NEWSRANGERS)-The Peoples Democratic Party has raised the alarm that the All Progressives Congress is stockpiling arms in Bayelsa State in the build up to the 2019 general election. The State Chairman of the PDP, Chief Moses Cleopas, alleged in a statement on Thursday that the leaders of the APC…
LAGOS APRIL 3RD (NEWSRANGERS)- The Nigeria Police Force has said it would arraign Senator Dino Melaye and the four suspects rearrested for alleged conspiracy and unlawful possession of prohibited firearms at the Federal High Court in Lokoja, Kogi on May 10. The suspects are: Kabiru Seidu, 31, alias Osama, Nuhu Salisu, 25, alias small, Musa…
LAGOS JANUARY 31ST (NEWSRANGERS)-A group of statesmen in Taraba State under the aegis of Concerned Elders Forum (CEF), on Tuesday said they have uncovered fresh plans by Fulani herdsmen to strike in some communities in Takum Local Government Area of the state. The organisation said the have perfected the plan to exterminate their people. The…
